Spotify had a storming year in 2010. General manager for Europe Jonathan Forster tells us why.

Spotify's general manager for Europe Jonathan Forster

• What will 2010 be remembered for? "Based on Big Volcano, Big Freeze and more than a few horribly delayed flights I'm short on airlines and long on the video conferencing industry...

"From a music perspective, the growth of services like Spotify means a staggering increase in the amount of music that people can listen to, use to create playlists and share with friends.

"People are really starting to understand the value of being able to access their music libraries on-demand through mobile phones, games consoles, televisions and so on. This whole space is still in its infancy, but now very real, and growing really quickly.

"Convenience will be key; it won't be too long before any device that can play music, will."

• What was your best and worst moment?"The birth of my second child was the best by far.

"Another special moment would be 6 Music avoiding the axe after an impressive outpouring of feeling from the listening public. It's a fantastic station with a strong, independent personality, and it would have been sad to lose the likes of Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service and the Adam and Joe show. They've lit up many a wet weekend.

"Worst moment? That's split between Bolton putting five goals past Newcastle and the familiar feeling of dismay at realising that another flight I'm meant to be on has been "Wait for information... Wait for information... Delayed until... until... until... Cancelled."

• What's your hot tip for 2011? "Hot tip? One step closer to the URL being the new universal format for music. Looking forward to Spotify being in more countries and on more devices than ever. And maybe, just maybe, a new Radiohead album."